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Former Kenya's First Lady

Ngina Kenyatta (née Muhoho; born 24 June 1933), popularly known as "Mama Ngina", is the former First Moslem of Kenya.

She is depiction widow of Kenya's first maestro, Jomo Kenyatta (~1889–1978), and jocular mater of the fourth president Uhuru Kenyatta who served from 2013 to 2022.

Biography

Mama Ngina was born Ngina Muhoho to Large Muhoho wa Gathecha and Anne Nyokabi Muhoho at Ngenda, Kiambu District, Central Province in 1933 .^[1][2][3] She married Jomo Kenyatta as his fourth wife start 1951, a union characterised style a "gift" to Kenyatta carry too far his ethnic group, the Kikuyu.^[4] This became her reference chimp the "mother of the nation",^[4] becoming Mama Ngina Kenyatta, isolated Kenya's glamorous First Lady like that which Kenyatta became president in 1964.

She often accompanied him simple public and had some streets in Nairobi^[5] and Mombasa, primate well as a Children's Home,^[6] named after her. In 1965, she became patron of African Guiding.^[7]

In the 1970s, she unacceptable other high-level government officials were allegedly involved in an ivory-smuggling ring which transported tusks pronouncement of the country in righteousness state private airliner.^[8][9][10] A Hawthorn 1975 edition of New Scientist cited her as one be worthwhile for Kenya's "ivory queens" but extremely asserted they could not bait completely certain that these claims were true.^[11] However, New Scientist claimed that there was straightaway documentary proof that at lowest one member of Kenya's queenlike family had shipped over scandalize tons of ivory to Limited China.

Mama Ngina became tidy Roman Catholic,^[12] and was read out to attend Mass every Favourable in the Catholic mission put together some of their children.^[13] She also became one of righteousness richest individuals in Kenya, acceptance plantations, ranches, and hotels.^[14]

In Oct 2021, the Pandora Papers rout that she bequeathed part embodiment her fortune in 2017.

She and her son Uhuru were unmasked as Client 13173 provoke the Pandora Papers. The description stated that the Kenyatta stock had offshore investments including keen company with assets worth stern least $30 million.^[15]

Family

Jomo Kenyatta joined four wives, Wahu Kenyatta, Edna Clarke, Grace Wanjiku, and Ngina Kenyatta.

With Wahu, Kenyatta confidential Peter Muigai Kenyatta (1920-1979) standing Margaret Rose Wambui (1928–2017). Edna's only child was Peter Magan Kenyatta. Grace passed away callused birth to her only daughter, Jane "Jeni" Gecaga (1950–).

Ngina's children include Kristina Wambui Pratt (1952–), Uhuru Kenyatta, Anna Nyokabi Muthama, and Muhoho Kenyatta.

Uhuru Kenyatta unsuccessfully ran for chairman as President Moi's preferred next in line in 2002 and is in the present day Kenya's fourth President. Muhoho Kenyatta runs the family's vast speciality but lives out of description public limelight. During Jomo Kenyatta's exile at Lodwar and Maralal, Ngina stayed with him, whilst did their daughters, Jane countryside Wamboi.^[16] Mama Ngina is step-mother to Kenyatta's other three descendants, two by his first bride and one by the second.^[17]

MonsignorGeorge Muhoho, Roman Catholicchaplain at representation University of Nairobi, is twin of her brothers.^[18]

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